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By DAVID M. MOFFIT
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (UPI)
—The Colorado Buffaloes have
been established as solid 11-
poinl favorites for Saturday’s
Gatoikßowl game, but beating
the odds is old hat for the
Auburn Tigers.
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who included a 20-14 victory
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seven-point faorites when their
match with Auburn was first
announced.
But even though the Tigers
wound up with a 9-1 record,
including a stunning 17-6 upset
over Alabama in their season
finale, and are ranked No. 7
nationally,, the oddsmakers
figure they can’t be as
offensively potent with quarter
back Randy Walls out with an
injury.
That line of reasoning makes
sense. Wade Whatley, the
sophomore who moved into
Walls’ post, was a fourth
stringer at the start of the
season who played a total of
less than 19 minutes, mainly
token appearances late in the
fourth quarter, and who com
pleted only two of four passes.
But Auburn Coach Shug
Jordan doesn’t see it that way.
“Wade was running No. 1 for
us last spring before he hurt his
shoulder and he really seems to
have accepted the challenge of
stepping into a starting role.”
Two years ago, when Auburn
beat Ole Miss, 35-28, in the
Gator Bowl, the Tigers had the
sensational Pat Sullivan at
quarterback, but Jordan missed
that game because of an
emergency appendectomy.
You’d have to grant Colorado
the offensive edge, with or
without Walls, since the Buf
faloes averaged 358 yards per
game, mainly against Big Eight
competition, while Auburn aver
aged nearly 100 yards less in
the Southeast.
Jordan knew from the
moment the Gator Bowl match
was made last month that he
would have to depend mainly
on the Auburn defense if the
Tigers hoped to upset the
Buffaloes.
The Tiger defense gave up a
lot of yardage, 287 per game,
but allowed less than 14 points
per game—and that’s what
really counts. Further, the
Auburn defense won the Ala
bama game by scoring on a
pair of blocked punts in the
closing minutes.
“There’s no magic in foot
ball,” said Jordan as he ran the
Tigers through their paces in
last-minute preparation for the
Gator Bowl. “It all comes down
to 100 per cent hard work,
dedication! and a few very
fortunate breaks.”
Colorado Coach Eddie Crow
der has warned his team
against letting down its guard
because Walls is out.
“Sure, they’ll miss the
experience Walls has gained
through the last 10 games,”
added Crowder. “But, I don’t
think they’ll be any less
effective with Whatley running
the club.”
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Peach kicks off
bowl weekend
By United Press International
The biggest weekend for
college pigskin teams, with 10
post-season games slated to be
played by the end of New
Year’s Day, kicks off tonight
with the Peach Bowl at Atlanta
and the Tangerine Bowl at
Orlando, Fla.
The outcome of the Peach
Bowl, between North Carolina
State and West Virginia, may
well depend on the success—or
lack of it—that freshman Dave
Buckey has in replacing the
Wolfpack’s quarterback Bruce
Shaw, who has a broken bone in
his left arm.
West Virginia, 8-3 during the
regular season is a three-point
favorite.
The Tangerine Bowl will see
the Mid-America Conference
champion, Kent State, taking on
independeht Tampa. Both
teams are making their first
major bowl appearances.
Two-Touchdown Favorite
Tampa is a two-touchdown
favorite.
Saturday is the busiest day of
the long football weekend, with
four games on tap. First on the
schedule is the Sun Bowl at El
Paso, Tex., followed by the
Gator Bowl at Jacksonville,
Fla., the East-West Shrine All-
Star Game at San Francisco,
and the Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl
at Houston.
Sunday marks the first
appearance of the Sugar Bowl
on New Year’s Eve. The game
is scheduled for a 9 p.m. EST
start, to avoid a head-to-head
matchup with the Cotton Bowl
New Year’s afternoon.
The holiday weekend wraps
up Monday with the Big Three
—the Cotton Bowl at Dallas,
the Rose Bowl at Pasadena,
Cal., and the Orange Bowl at
Miami.
Texas Tech and North
Carolina will oppose each other
in the Sun Bowl. The Tar Heels
are a 3%-point favorite, largely
on the basis of their 10-1
record. Texas Tech posted an 8-
3 mark and tied Southern
Methodist for second place in
the Southwest Conference.
Colorado and Auburn are the
opponents for the Gator Bowl,
and although Auburn lost only
to LSU in putting together a 9-1
record, the Tigers are 10-point
underdogs to the Buffalos, who.
English
bowls 267
Perry English rolled a 267
game last night in the Commer
cial League.
Other top bowlers were:
Billy Bevil 211, Julian Folds
215, J. D. Smith 220, Mike
Waddell 225, Frank McElroy
209, Dave Hilton 204, Jim Skrine
215, Paul Phillips 232 and a 660
series, Wilson Bevil 212, Melvin
Whidby 224, Herman Bannister
231, Donnie Kelly 204, Clyde
Callaway 223, Ernie Jones 214,
Wink Taylor 203, Robert Rawls
203, R. O. Burnett 209, Kerry
Phillips 201, H. Shaw 213, Lance
Brabham 211, Charles Bevil 207.
Moose beat Griffin Electric 4-
0, Jones-Harrison Furniture
defeated Buddy’s Trailer Sales
2%-1%, Harris Service Station
beat Ben Franklin’s 3-1, Dunn’s
Tree Service beat Drug and
Surgical Shop 3-1, United TV
beat Commercial Bank 3-1,
Cotton States Insurance and
Griffin Package tied.
WRESTLING
National Guard Armory
Tuesday, Jan. 2nd 8:30 P.M.
Thomaston, Georgia
Double Main Event
Ox Baker
VS
Argentina Apollo
Jerry Brown and Buddy Roberts
Vs
El Mongol And Tommy Seigler
Assassin No. 2 Vs. Dick Steinborn
Rock Hunter Vs. Ted Oates
OkiShikina Vs The Avenger
Joe Turner And Bill Bowman
Vs.
Jesse James And The Champ
JohnCarrouso Vs. The Grappler
had an 8-3 mark.
East is the Favorite
The East is rated as a four
point favorite in the Shrine
Game but East Coach Carmen
Cozza of Yale said the game
will be a lot closer than
predicted. Cozza said, “They
(the oddsmakers) are just
trying to make us overcon
fident. I think it’s an even
game.”
The Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl,
played in the Astrodome,
matches Tennessee, 9-2, and
LSU, 9-1-1. The oddsmakers
have established Tennessee as
3%-point favorites.
Sunday’s lone contest
matches two teams both with
10-1 records—Oklahoma and
Penn State.
Alabama, 10-1, meets 9-1
Texas in the Cotton Bowl, USC,
at 11-0 the only undefeated
major college team, plays Ohio
St., 9-1, in the Rose Bowl, and
Nebraska, 8-2-1, opposes Notre
Dame, 8-2, in the Orange Bowl.
| Sports Briefs |
CRASHLEY WITHDRAWN
SANTA ANA, Calif. (UPI)—
Bart Crashley, a defenseman
for the Los Angeles Sharks and
a unanimous choice to the West
team for the World Hockey
Association’s first All-Star
game, was withdrawn from the
team Thursday because of an
injury he suffered last Thurs
day in a game at Ottawa. •
Mike McMahon of the Minne
sota Fighting Saints was named
to replace Crashley for the
game at Quebec City, Jan. 6.
TWO-STROKE LEAD
MONTEREY, Calif. (UPI) —
Playing in strong winds,
veteran Los Angeles touring
pro Rafe Botts fired a four
under-par 67 on the Laguna Sec
Golf Ranch Thursday to take a
two-stroke lead at the halfway
mark of the $25,000 Laguna
Seca-Delmonte Hyatt Pro-Am
Invitational.
Alone in second place at 139
following an even-par 71 at
Laguna Seca was Mike Reasor
of San Diego.
Whl
standings
By United Press International
East
w. 1. t. pts gs ga
Montreal 22 6 8 52 144 84
Boston 24 8 3 51 159 108
NYRgrs 22 12 3 47 140 100
Buffalo 20 10 7 47 141 104
Detroit 15 16 4 34 106 119
Toronto 10 19 6 26 107 120
Vancvr 10 21 5 25 105 150
NYlldrs 4 26 4 12 69 162
West
w. I. t. pts gs ga
Chicago 21 13 2 44 135 102
Minn 19 13 3 41 122 99
LosAng 17 16 4 38 115 114
Phila 16 16 5 37 128 132
Pittsbgh 15 15 5 35 128 116
Atlanta 15 18 5 35 96 113
St. Louis 12 16 6 30 94 110
Calif 5 22 8 18 92 148
Thursday’s Results
Buffalo 8 Chicago 2
(Only game scheduled)
Friday’s Games
Toronto at Pittsburgh
N.Y. Islanders at Calif
Boston at Minnesota
Philadelphia at Vancouver
(Only games scheduled)
Page 7
Frosh QB on spot
in Peach Bowl
By BRUCE B. BAKKE
ATLANTA (UPI) — Dave
Buckey, a slender 18-year-old
who says “yes sir” and “no
sir” to his elders, will be the
man on the spot when North
Carolina State takes on West
Virginia tonight in the fifth
annual Peach Bowl football
game.
Bruce Shaw, the starting
North Carolina State quarter
back, is sidelined with a
cracked bone in his left arm
and Buckey, a freshman, will
be guiding the potent Wolfpack
offense.
Coach Lou Holtz of North
Carolina State made the
decision Thursday after watch
ing Shaw try to handle the ball
with a cast on his arm.
“Bruce Shaw is out of the
game,” he told newsmen. “He
will dress but I see no way
possible that he would play.”
Buckey, a blond 155-pounder
from Akron, Ohio, has appeared
in 10 games for the Wolfpack.
He threw 60 passes and
completed 36 and also ran for
246 yards.
“I don’t like going with a
freshman in a game as big as
this,” said Holtz. “But if I had
to choose one freshman quar
terback to play in a game like
this, it would be Dave Buckey.”
The game figures to be a
shootout. West Virginia,
coached by Bobby Bowden,
averaged more than 36 points a
game while posting an 8-3
record while North Carolina
State averaged just under 33
points per contest in a 7-3-1
season.
Senior Bernie Galiffa, the
quarterback of the Mountai
neers, passed for 2,312 yards
and 16 touchdowns. He is the
nephew of former Army
quarterback Arnold Galiffa.
The Wolfpack averaged 432
yards a game in total offense,
gaining 2,472 rushing and 2,286
in the air.
Weather has been terrible in
the first four Peach Bowl
games but the forecast for
tonight is for mild tempera
tures, partly cloudy skies and
no precipptation.
Bowden doesn’t believe it. He
was at the 1969 Peach Bowl as
an assistant coach when West
Virginia beat South Carolina in
a downpour.
“We’ve already instructed
our captains that if we win the
toss, we’ll take the tide,” he
observed to newsmen Thursday.
Everyone predicts a high
scoring contest, although both
coaches feel theur defensive
units are better than their
records indicate. Holtz feels 34
points could win the game.
“You give us 34 points and
we won’t even snap the ball,”
he told Bowden. “We’ll just
play defense.”
Bowden said he was con
cerned that the North Carolina
State team would be mentally
“up” for the game after losing
its starting quarterback.
WRESTLING
GRIFFIN SPORTS PALACE
Saturday, Dec. 30 Starts 8:30 P.M.
DOUBLE MAIN EVENT
SPUTNIK MONROE A VS. JERRY OATES
ROCKET MONROE vs - 808 ARMSTRONG
THE ZODIAK BIG BILL DROMO
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— Griffin Daily News Friday, December 29, 1972
“I imagine they’ll rally
behind Buckey,” he said.
“We’re very impressed with
Buckey anyway.”
Cracked Holtz, “We wouldn’t
play him if I didn’t have a five-
Fitzsimmons
defends
strategy
ATLANTA (UPI) - Atlanta
Hawks coach Cotton Fitzsim
mons felt his strategy was right.
Several of his players disagreed.
The second guessing came af
ter the Hawks were beaten 112-
111 by the Baltimore Bullets
Thursday night before 11,376
fans in the Omni.
Pete Maravich had stolen the
ball with 12 seconds left to play
and the Hawks trailing by one
point, 110 - 109. Maravich
streaked for the baseline and
fired a jump shot that missed.
Atlanta’s Jim Washington
grabbed the rebound but lost it
in a scramble with Baltimore’s
Phil Chenier, who raced full
court for a layup that sewed up
the game for the Bullets. Walt
Bellamy’s last-second basket for
Atlanta just made the margin
closer.
Post game strategists asked
Fitzsimmons if the Hawks
shouldn’t have called time - out
after Maravich grabbed a de
flected pass so they could set up
a final shot.
“I say no,” replied Fitzsim
mons. “You don’t give Balti
more a chance to set up on de
fense.”
Washington thought differ
ently. So did teammate Herm
Gilliam.
“I should have been on the
bench with the rest of the team
discussing strategy” instead of
fighting for Maravich’s rebound,
said Washington.
“I would rather have had a
slower shot, preventing Balti
more from getting another
shot,” said Gilliam.
The loss dropped the Hawks
one and one-half games behind
Baltimore in the National Bask
etball Association’s Central Di
vision race.
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Each school will have more
than 12,000 of its fans in the
stands and if decent weather
prevails, attendance will be
close to the Atlanta Stadium
capacity of 58,000. The game is
played for charity with profits
going to the Georgia Lions
Lighthouse Foundation.
NBA
STANDINGS
By United Press International
Eastern Conference
Atlantic Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Boston 28 5 .848 —
New York 29 10 .744 2
Buffalo 9 26 .257 20
Philadelphia 3 34 .081 27
Central Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Baltimore 21 14 .600 —
Atlanta 21 17 .553 1%
Houston 16 18 .471 4%
Cleveland 10 27 .270 12
Western Conference
Midwest Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Milwaukee 27 10 .730 —
Chicago 22 13 .629 4
KC-Omaha 20 20 .500 8%
Detroit 16 20 .444 10%
Pacific Division
w. 1. pct. g.b.
Los Angeles 28 7 .800 —
Golden State 22 12 .647 5%
Phoenix 17 19 .472 11%
Seattle 11 29 .285 19%
Portland 9 28 .243 20
Friday’s Games
Chicago at Boston, aft.
Buffalo at Baltimore
New York at Detroit
Milwaukee at Houston
Portland at Phoenix
KC-Omaha at Los Angeles
Cleveland at Seattle
(Only games scheduled)
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